Where have all the techies gone? doo do do doo do

As the company grows, I am encountering a product supply shortage. The product is quality technology people. We advertise, network and kidnap to find resources to be part of the Venturality team (NOT the kidnapping part - j/k). Finding Americans that have technology skills is becoming more and more challenging. Major corporations are picking up the best of the best and leaving their scraps behind.

Why is all of this?

1. Decreased emphasis on Math and Sciences - well someone else can do it right? Thinking is really overrated.

2. Little interest in engineering careers - apparently there are jobs to be had in "finding ourselves" or reality TV shows.

3. Everyone wants an MBA - because everyone has one? Sorry people, some of you couldn't manage a one-man parade - so keep you $100K and send your kids to college to get an engineering degree. Maybe then the US will not lose it's technology advantage over the global economy.


In the past I was very opposed to using offshore resources. Today, I find myself having to embrace this part of the technology resource supply chain. Plenty of willing and bright individuals from India, China and Russia are ready to work remotely to complete our client projects.

Apparently these countries see the writing on the wall and are investing to gain an edge that the US is going to lose.

Link to my non-geek life

My wife has really embraced her blog and I am actually finding myself enjoying reading it...

belleplaineliving.blogspot.com

She provides the balance to my "Tech OCD".... I probably would live on Mountain Dew and wear cargo shorts year-round if she hadn't decided to take me on as a "cause".

ATT, Comcast and the Wardrobe (eh - Internet)

Personal Rant -

How can AT&T compete in providing Internet services when it takes more than a week to:

Send a tech to the premises?
Verify the hard line?
Send the equipment via mail?
Setup a workorder to begin your service via some nightly batch job?

This is even after calling six weeksprior to setup date.

Also arguing with customer service and trying to get a disconnect took almost 2 hours.

After usually complaining about Comcast's reliability, I was pleased that they have been able to get Internet connectivity established at our new home within 2 days of calling.

Ok, I am getting off my soap box now....